Maze Runner: The Death Cure is way way way more action-packed than the previous two films. This one is all about jam packing more than its two hours runtime with one big action piece after another and ya know what, most of them are actually pretty damn entertaining, far-fetched and at times ridiculous but still, entertaining. This movie isn't concerned about bringing you up to speed, it's more concerned about concluding the whole saga on a blaze of glory.
Once again directed by Wes Ball, this is the third and final chapter of the saga starring Dylan O'Brien as Thomas who along with his fellow gladers friends, sets out to break into WCKD's so-called Last City in order to rescue Minho. This final and most dangerous mission yet will also uncover the secret behind the cure that everybody's after. Co-starring Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter and Patricia Clarkson
I actually enjoyed the first Maze Runner movie mainly because even though I suck at solving puzzles, I do like watching other people try to solve puzzles and that's what the first movie was to me, the kids trying to outsmart the tricks that come with the glade. The second movie was just an absolute snoozer, it was so boring it almost put me to sleep twice during the screening, the pointless sand dunes journey, a tiresome government conspiracy, and a bunch of sprinting zombies just for the hell of it. And it's kinda weird that they still have Maze Runner as part of the title when clearly a literal maze is no longer involved, unless the meaning of the maze has become much deeper than that now and it clearly goes over my head.
This third and final movie however, runs like a speed demon. As I said earlier, it's a series of action pieces, non-stop, one after another. If the characters aren't busy trying to evade the bad guys shooting at them, then they're probably busy rescuing a bunch of kids while attempting a high wire act, or perhaps they're busy trying to survive through the revolt that's happening around them. So much is going on, I repeat so much is going on in Maze Runner The Death Cure, but one can argue that even in the long span of 2 hours and 20 minutes, Maze Runner: The Death Cure fails to give compelling character development, be that as it may, the film keeps me awake. And some of the death scenes are quit glorious for a young adult genre. Throughout the film I get the impression that the people who made this just wanted to get it over with and they wanted to get it over with by tying up loose ends and finishing whatever subplots needed finishing even if it means it all has to come crashing down.
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Once again directed by Wes Ball, this is the third and final chapter of the saga starring Dylan O'Brien as Thomas who along with his fellow gladers friends, sets out to break into WCKD's so-called Last City in order to rescue Minho. This final and most dangerous mission yet will also uncover the secret behind the cure that everybody's after. Co-starring Kaya Scodelario, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Giancarlo Esposito, Aidan Gillen, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter and Patricia Clarkson
I actually enjoyed the first Maze Runner movie mainly because even though I suck at solving puzzles, I do like watching other people try to solve puzzles and that's what the first movie was to me, the kids trying to outsmart the tricks that come with the glade. The second movie was just an absolute snoozer, it was so boring it almost put me to sleep twice during the screening, the pointless sand dunes journey, a tiresome government conspiracy, and a bunch of sprinting zombies just for the hell of it. And it's kinda weird that they still have Maze Runner as part of the title when clearly a literal maze is no longer involved, unless the meaning of the maze has become much deeper than that now and it clearly goes over my head.
This third and final movie however, runs like a speed demon. As I said earlier, it's a series of action pieces, non-stop, one after another. If the characters aren't busy trying to evade the bad guys shooting at them, then they're probably busy rescuing a bunch of kids while attempting a high wire act, or perhaps they're busy trying to survive through the revolt that's happening around them. So much is going on, I repeat so much is going on in Maze Runner The Death Cure, but one can argue that even in the long span of 2 hours and 20 minutes, Maze Runner: The Death Cure fails to give compelling character development, be that as it may, the film keeps me awake. And some of the death scenes are quit glorious for a young adult genre. Throughout the film I get the impression that the people who made this just wanted to get it over with and they wanted to get it over with by tying up loose ends and finishing whatever subplots needed finishing even if it means it all has to come crashing down.
-- Rama's Screen --